Lexic.us

Definition of Clannish

1. Adjective. Characteristic of a clan especially in being unified. "Clannish loyalty"

2. Adjective. Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.

Definition of Clannish

1. a. Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan.

Definition of Clannish

1. Adjective. Of, of related to a clan. ¹

2. Adjective. Socially exclusive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clannish

1. characteristic of a clan [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clannish

clanjamfries clank clanked clanker clankers clankier clankiest clankily clanking clankingly

clankless clanks clanky clanless clanlessness clannish (current term) clannishly clannishness clannishnesses clans

clanship clanships clansman clansmen clansperson clanswoman clap on clap skate clap together

Literary usage of Clannish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"Like their brethren in the Deccan, they are a clannish race, who undertake considerable speculations in reliance upon the good faith of their numerous and ..."

2. A Strange Career: Life and Adventures of John Gladwyn Jebb by John Beveridge Gladwyn Jebb, Henry Rider Haggard (1895)
"... CHIEF — THE clannish FEELING STILL EXISTENT IN MEXICO. ALL things considered, for a mining camp the picturesque little Indian town was pleasant enough, ..."

3. History of the Afghans by Joseph Pierre Ferrier (1858)
"... The producing classes — They cannot leave Kandahar — clannish feelings — Mercenary qualities of the ..."

4. China Under the Search-light by William Arthur Cornaby (1901)
"CHAPTER IV HUMANITY IN BUNDLES CHINESE solidarity is chiefly clannish or local, but within those limits is as patent a fact as a rope-tied faggot or bundle ..."

5. Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1880)
"... advantages presented to them in their worldwide, though not world-deep experience. They get to be very clannish too. After seeing the ship, we landed, ..."

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